Reforms that forced growth area developers to give councils $268,000 for every hectare they develop have been overtaken by new government regulation and will have little effect in Wyndham.
Under developer contribution changes announced by Planning Minister Matthew Guy last week, developers will be told up front what infrastructure they need to fund and when they will be required to provide the money.
Mr Guy said the changes meant important community facilities would be in place sooner.
“With the introduction of a new infra- structure contribution plan and a streamlined approvals process, we will cut red tape and deliver greater certainty to local government, the development industry and home buyers on the infrastructure that can be funded by development contributions,” he said.
But Wyndham council chief executive Kerry Thompson said she didn’t expect the reforms to impact on local infrastructure delivery because most of the municipality’s urban growth zones were already covered by precinct structure plans, meaning developers already knew how much they needed to contribute.
“For those areas where the planning processes haven’t been finalised … officers will carefully consider the potential impacts and report back to council.”
